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The Dickinson press., 1887-04-30
FARM AND GARDEN.
A MODEL FLOOD GATE WORTHY
OF IMITATION.

Timely Suggestions for tho 1Tontl-Ec-
strny;u., Ganl>cr HnrlnS--';r,,:,tiucnt of
Giralcd Trccs-Nariuus Motic> of Gruft-
ing Explained.
For hes; results i'll graftine there must
exist u c!A+r affinity between stack and
grA.'. .\s u ,,ll,' AL crafts succeed best
"l trees Of tl,ci. own species or those
closely allied tn thcm. When perfect de
Nclormeat as rcs,;r,ls size and duration
is desired. II stock of Il similar nature to
the graft Sllnlll l,c selected, US an apple
Seeding fer an apple and IL pear Seeding
for;: pear. III, however, dwarf trees. which
come into lwarng very yuln.c, are required,
then ;ln ;,l!jv,l slnrjcs Of slower .,rowth
may he employed for the s.,;h. or ii the
soil and climate Ire uufaNur;,|,i" IL .stnrl,
adapted to the soil, or one Which! hy its
l!ar,lcr roots endure the cold, can he Sc
lccted. In lnaMN eases thc peach and
apricot are grated with beneficial results
Oh :r plum, and the pear On ip luincc.
hui IN apple i; newer %v:t!Ir, on IL peach
or Il e'!rHiy on Il pear. 'l'i!r :nt;r. apple,
ounce, mc;llar, thorn and mountain ash
i. naturally allied grol,p--laNe been
more or less successfully worked Upon
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-30
or the Stage.

When Mr.. Joseph jefferson was campin,
out last summer one Of his mates asked hila
to recite certain scene from Grip Van
Winkle"; but the actor declined, saying ths:t
he could not repeat any long passage from
his parts away from the theatre-The Ar
conaut.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-30

..h
In grating, as in budding, ihr princi-
pnl object is To increase. the varieties that
cannot he produced With certainty from
seed. t;raiin!s is also performed To fruit
IL new variety. In this latter cAso II ciun
inserted iii IL branch of IL bcalins tlor will
produce fruit oftentimos the crnul year
from the craft, while if the same pipn lG,d
hr"n put on II young scc'llin's it woultl moi
have iruitr'l perhaps in ten Nv;.i's.
;ilohs may be of amy aasc from seed
linz to.uld trees. Ciois are ltsjilly ;,hnot.;
of the preceding years growth. 'rEvar
are cut in autumn after the fan of the
leaf "r in wntcr, and are lpfc-,'ivrd in y
dormant state until wanted lul ,i,c Cions
should NOT he cut i'm very cold weather,
but with this exception they nra.. I3r taken
from the trees ut amy timr between the
falling of the leaves in altrri.ti ;iM'l the
swelling of the bud, i'm sprin@ They are
better il cut q few weeks previous la
using, though the apple and pear have
been grated with success wiih"ons itllon
off ut The time the worl; WAS ,ioi,"
Splice graftns is the simplr,t furln uf
grating. The root or stock i" c!,t ;icros;
at an angle near the COLLAR, he ci"il nj Il
like angle or slope aml lI," two fitted and
bound together. tSce first cut.) 1h.;
mch hud is much used with Stock; of small
diameter.
Whip graftinG tscc same illustration i:
n modification of splice praitiHg, differing:
from the former in tlle splitting Ur tongue
ing of the stock and ci"n midway on the
Slopng cut of each, thu, increasing the
extent Of surface brought into contact
when the pieces are fitted into each OF her
and bound together with yaii! or bnSt
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-30

Tho pronunciation of the name "Lom
Bcaconsfield' has never been beyond dispute.
Most people, like the Marquis Of Salisbury,
call him Lord Beeconsfield;" others still ill.,
sist that "Beckonsksfield" is right.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-30
Notcl Men Mt Chess.

Court Won Moltl;e is n good chess player,
but not nearly as good rs Prince Bismarck.
who has oftca han;en linn Mt the game. Prcsi-
dent Grey, II. Dc Frcycinct and NJ. Leon
Say arc the best three players in France
All this is according to Rosentha,, the expert
Chicago Times.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-30
,:,ao, OF inc r.lrnetto.

The shipment of the heads OF palmetto trees
from the sea islands off the South Carolina
coast to Kew York, for use in Catholic
churches on Palm Sunday, has been a regular
bu-:tlcs, at this season for several years. 1t
is estimated that 100000 heads are sent from
Charleston every spring
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-30
The average age of those who enter college
In this country is II. A century ago it was II.
TAKEN FROM THE DEPTHS.
In this sad world Of ours

In this sad world Of o'lrs-
This freary Wilderness of care and pain,
This mystery tL.s turmoil Of unrest,
This rou. and stormy pathway to the tomb.
Wlere many tear, and blurring shadows fall
How sweet o Lord to know chat we are thine;
That in thy hand this mighty chaos lies;
That thine the key Of this great mystery
We could not bear it else.
For as the years 30 by
One sorrow makes strange. prepared way
Ta. y,t another: one by one our joys
irs ,vrcetcd from Us erc We call them ours,
And s,vc.tcst human ties are severed wide,
AMI sweetest human cares slip from our grasp;
AMI dear horne nests arcrobbed of all the birds.
And fanlii; trees are stripped of flower and leaf;
And many graves lie grccnly side by side,
And oceans roi! between some we hold dear;-
Till with sad folded hands we sit and say,
How can God have it so:
For human hearts will cry out for their loves.
And human eyes seek dumbly for the smiles
OF angel faces gone.
God pity us!
Oh. wrap us in the fullness of thy love.
In infinite compassion lay thy hand
ti,cn our hearts. and make them very still.
And since the cross is thine, oh. help us bear
1t very patiently until that blessed morn
" hen all the shades of night shall flee away.
When We shall clasp again the loved and lost,
And every severed bond shall join again:
Where, in the light that circles round the throne,
In all his beauty all shall see the king.
Annie S. Swan.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-30
a Good Flood Gate.

The Ohio farmer attcsts the merits of
the flood gate here represented. The gate
from which the picture was taken was the
only one in the ncighborliood that with
stood IL trying flood which swept all others
hrinrc IL
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-30
A Cultivated Taste.

Young Hostess-I must show you NY
baby, Mr.. Brown; are you fond of them!
Brown absent minded)-Yes-oh, yes!
But haven't eaten any lately,
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-30

Modern architecture calls for mantelpieces
at least fifteen feet high in the town or
country "house beautiful"
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-30
Got rhcro NEVERTHELESS,

A city hall official was standing on tho
Woodward avenue steps of that stru,turo
yesterday wien man who had his hand on
his stomach came up and said:
"Bcg pardon, but you have the look of n
phySician-an eminent physician"
"Oh, lin no DOCTOR" was the reply.
"Sorly for that, but perhaps you can give
IN" some information. What are the symp
toms of poisoning"
"Iiavc you been poisonedi"
"Well, have queer feelings i'll my stom-
ach.'
SIS il burning sensations"
"No."
"Do you have spasmodic pains"
'Not yet"
"Fr"l shivery, with n great thirst and heat"
"No, nothing like THAT. fee! completes
goncnes' for about II foot up and down here,
aud every time think of ham und eggs my
mouth wuters.n
"Why, j, may be hunger"
81 shouldn't Il bit wonder if it was, being
haven't eaten nmy,hims for thirty six hours +"
The official uttered II" IIumph:" looked the
nan over three or four times, and then
handed him twenty cents and said:
BETTER get some new scheme. 1t takes
too long to come to the point i'll this do,
troit Irco Press
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-30
OLD LETTERS.

A folded sheet-'tls all you see ,
And yet how very dear to me;
It brings to view o distant face
OF wondrous tenderness and grace;
Again his we'll known voice hear,
So musically sweet and clear;
And ah-what wealth in every line
His heart feel beat close to mine.
Il E,,rnr Rnsse11
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-30

We publish herewith Il letter which reached
our hands the other day from the other side
Of the American continent. Though ;,rra,-
entity not intended for tho public eye, we as
sure tile writer will allow Ills to answer his
questions in this public manner.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-30
TIE RULES OF STYLE.
THE PRINCIPLES WHICH GOVERN
WRITING AND PRINTING.

Tho First Point for Newspaper Contribu-
tors to Cunsidcr-t;ram,nar and I,hcto-
ric-Isc Fully Alive tothc Events of the
Day.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1887-11-27

There il no longer a ,olh, bni IA,
changes are Impending ~ CicveIiud's
cabinet bat Dame lirmor i undecided
whether MU!drpN ur Stevenson will Je
Elevated. According To Latest rep,lts
4. l.. Stevenson, first assistant Post.
mns'er- General will take Villas pIace
aud the latter viii succeed Lamar. who
viii 50 To the Supreme Bench. A F.
S;"V"nsOn. Of H.. VtS appointed to
succeed MHlroliu Hay. lie w,s born IL.
Christian county. Ky., Orlphrr %. 1873
and va" educated at Centre College.
DhnNIilr. lie removed t. BLOOMINGTON.
Illinois, aud studied law W!th Williams
aud Packard, Nriug admitted 10 the lar
LAY !. lsjS. Shortly nftrrHard he re-
moved {" W"ndiord county. III WLrr,
lac entered actively upon the practice, of
HIS profession. lie wns Master IN
Chanccry from lsGi to 1865 and State
Attorney for III" T.,rn'y FouttL J..dl.i.
cIni District from 1854 10 lSGS. Ia IsCg
h- became "a resilient ui BLOOMINGTON
and soon became prominent nS o poIti-
cal leader "t that npuri-hiug city. H..
- resided there ever sIucr In IH7I
lac "ns cicc'Ol "a, candidate Of the
independent Reform rGrty to H.,
Forty fonTth Congress 10 represent the
Thirteenth Illinois District aud served
from 1870 t. 1871. I'm 1884 ho was -
delegate from lllruoi, To the Democratic
National Convention aud voted through
out for Mcdonald Il IuIinun When
Mr.. Nr!us vas mate Postmaster Gcurr.
al It Is srId that Strrru,rn wa, his first
choice for assistant bat cIpcdrency led
To Mr. HAYS urpomlmrut. Upon the
retirement "i the hil"r Mr. Stevenson
Was appointed AMI the oath OF ofi.r
Mas ndmiuiS'or,l 10 him by JuI.r
Lawrence on July :. lsrj. Judsr
Lawrence is an oc,"Ecunrmn and la.
nworn ia nearly cvrry prominent OIL
cIhl Ht the rusioflicc Department for
the last iifty years
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1887-11-27

"My best nrichbJr. or tho ncighbpr
whom like best, said 4 lady the other
day. lis "n invctcrtlo Borrower. Few
ncighbOTS are free from th, borrowing
woman. int the specimen ihu udDru
or vicinity il rarity. She seems tu
live with the ilca that nuyonr's AMI
everyone : possessions are lrgltimltcly
hers. for II time nt least. aud burrows
y DmtscGously from all. She has rlc
Nntcd borrowing to a iiuc nrt nnd can
whcrdl" from her nrighbOrS anything
she wants. from horse aud buggy 10
quarter Of pie. She never seems
To think that people mny not wish to
loan some things, yet they will often do
so, really against their judgment.
rnthcr than rcfugc. thinking u rcfunl
might huri her feelings. She j. thu
best naturcd woman on the block nud
IL really sincere when she says: 'yuu
nTo very welcome 10 NnSthiuy have
but she seldom hhs any thing YOU want
borrowing ~ all tight when Il IL nrcca
sary aud there uru times when the bet
OF housck'epCrs are obliged TO borrow
from her ncighbor-. She goes TO imyrl.
crate borrowers whom She has nccum.
modnt,d n thousand tim,a. and Is not a
little nmusrd 10 hear the veteran remark
IN her hlnndcst tones. We'll now. WIS
just going over Ia your house for that
very thing Perhaps can borrow II
for yOu from next door" There IL one
thing the inNc,crntc borrower never Dor.
rows and TINT il trouble. mud Tor which
sho should ho commended. she only
makes u n little easier for her ncighbors
to borrow thnt commodity. Tcrrc
Hnuto Ind. Mail
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-04
A Suspicious Livery stable Man.

Fr0Dt the Texas SifttnQs.
There is a livery stable keeper IN Houston.
Tex, who Is very careful TO whom he hires
his turnOuts.
One Sunday afternoon young married
man called at the livery stable and wanted a
horse and buggy.
"Who is going along with your" asked the
livery stable man.
IL am going to take my wife's mother ont
for her health, and you can put a Ratchet
ana spade in the bottom of the buggy as
want to bring in some young cedar trees to
plant out at the cemetery"
MY buggies are all engaged, and il they
were not, you would have to pay 5000 buggy
hire for one afternoon"
"Why, how's thatF''
"Besides, DON'T want to be hauled up as
witness every time the court meets"
Witness! What about?"
"A nd then you will be taking a change of
venue because public sentiment is down on
you here, and don't want to be attached by
the Sheriff as a witness, travel forty miles
and be fined $40, and tner be blackguarded by
three or four lawyers"
'Why, what are you talking about?"
THAT'S all right. / don't say You Amt
justified, but l amt no fool. When a man
wants to take his mother-iL-law out in the
country for her health, with a Ratchet ana a
spade, ana talks about planting things in the
cemetery, / know all / want to. NV buggies
are hired for y year in advance. Just take
your custom to some rival house. When
hire buggy hire buggy; and when | hire
a hearse IL 10 hearse. 1 don't want to do anv
business what's not leg innate"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-04
The Michigan Dens.

The kidnapping of Mrs. Dora Bennett
near Columbiana, o., last week, has
again attracted attention to the dens in
the lumber regions of Michigan
Mrs. Bennett is twenty-five years old.
She lives with her father, wealthy and
respected farmer, whose home is about
three miles from Columbiana. On Fri
day night, March 26, Mrs. Bennett was
seized by three men while she was stand
ing at the door Of her fathers house. She
was gagged and then hurried
into carriage and driven
away. She was carried to Cleveland.
first having been drugged so that she
could make no outcry. When she recoy-
cred consciousness she found herself in a
hovel in the custody of a negro man and
his wife. Her hair had been cut of, and
other efforts had been made to disguise
her. The conversation OF the negroes led
her to believe that she was to be carried
TO Michigan and sold into slavery to one
of the dens in the lumber regions. Fortu-
nately, she succeeded in making her es-
cape, and with the aid OF the Cleveland
police, returned to her home.
The published accounts OF the wav
young women are treated in the inioui-
tous Michigan dens disclose an almost in
credible state of affairs! They are SUBJ
jected to frightful oruelties. il they at
tempt to escape they are hunted with
bloodhounds, and when captured and re-
turned to their inhuman Keepers they are
treated worse than ever. The Governor
of Michigan announced some time ago
that he intended to break up the dens
but he mas not yet done so. IL
Is astonishing that he is so slow
70 interfere. The dens are n
blot upon The fair fame of Michigan. In
deed, they are blot upon the fair fame
OF the entire country. 1t is alleged that
it will not be easy to break them I'D be-
cause Of their remoteness from the set.
tied part OF the State; but however diff
cult il may be TO reach them, they ought
TO be wiped off of the face OF the earth.
III necessary, the Governor should call the
State troops to his aid.
The case OF Mrs. Bennett indicates that
no part OF the country is entirely safe
from the emissaries of the keepers of the
Michigan dens. The press OF the large
cities has recently had accounts of fire.
quent Kidnappings, and In a number of
instances where young women have been
kidnapped nothing has since been heard
of them. 1t is not improbable that these
unfortunates have been carried to the
Michigan dens. The punishment for kid
mapping should be made more severe. In
the case OF the keepers OF the Michigan
dens death would be the only just punish
ment.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-04
BRIGHT BITS.

1T must be discouraging to the fool killer
to realize how far behind IN his work he is
gettlng.-LiJe.
PAsrJR-''Weli. what did you young people
realize at your entertainments Member of
the CommIttee-"We have just realized that
we are $25 out BUrIington Free Press.
SAY, Jim, do you carry pocket piece"
80 es most of the time ."
"What is It, gold or siiver?
Neither, It's pawn ticket. "-Detr0it Free
Press.
SHOCKING unprIncipled lot. those bus
conductors! One of them passed bad Blk
pence or me fortnight ago, confound him
Eve not been able to get rid of it yetn'-
Punch.
THE Easter hat is to be dream. poem. a
conundrum. dewdrop, sunflower, an
acrOstic. Yet stay, it is the husband and
rather who is to be the cross stlck.-Nea0 York
NOrntn0 JOurAdi.
WIFE Ito husbandl-Why is young Temp
kins called good fellow by his friends?
Husband-Because he is always good ma
tured and pleasant, can tell story well,
spends his money freely and shamefully
neglecJs his family.-Ne1O York Sun.
A LITTLE 4-year old In New York created a
ripple by rcmarking to the teacher of the
Sunday school class:
Our dogs dead. I'll bet the angels were
scared when they saw him coming up the
walk. He's awful cross to strangers.-Shoe
and LeGther Reporter.
''AIN'T you the boy who passed plugged
quarter of on me yesterday" asked the gro
Ger as the boy wanted &c. worth of maple
sugar.
mo, SIR"
'Well. you look like him."
"Meboe l do. but Pm not the one. All l
ever done was to pass bad SOC. piece on the
man next door."-DetrOit Free Press.
OMAHA DAME.-I don't think you ought
to sit on the same sofa with Dir, de Lone when
he calls to see you, dear.
Charming daughter. the sofas are
great big things. What difference does it
make?
He might forget himself and suddenly reach
over and kiss you.
Humph! He hasn't sense enOugh.-Oaaha
World.
"WHY do you think you can be Of service
to usY' asked the superintendent; have YOU
ever had any experience IN railroading? Did
you ever work on a railroad2"
"No." said the applicant; II never worked
on railroad exactly, but I've always done
business on borrow ed capital and been in debt
all my life" He was appointed fnancia
agent right away, without examination
Bupdetfe.
MAMMA, are we all wormsP" asked q
small Detroit boy of his mother last Sunday,
"Why. no, child! What put such an idea
into your headl"
"'Cause the minister said in his sermon
this morning that we were poor worms, And
papa told Sis size was bookworm. What
kind of a worm am II'
"You must be a glow worm, dear, you are
so brignt"-DetrOit Free Press.
eTHE S-year-od son of distinguished sta
tlstclan and lecturer. whose brilliant intel
lectual qualities have apparently been trans
mitted TO his offspring, was drawing pictures
at school the other day, one of them being the
representation of pig. After the work of
art was completed to his satisfaction the
youngster wrote this legend beneath it: ''ThIs
IS domestic animal. He is called pig be-
cause he Is so selfish. III, stan XeydLd.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-04
The inequality of Taxation.

Comptroller General w. A. Wright is
one of the best informed and most eff
cient officers of the State. He has given
much study to the question of taxation,
and whatever he says on that subject is
worthy of attention. He says that under
the present system OF taxation in Georgia
there is no such thing as equality. The
owners OF land fail to make proper re-
turns, many of them not placing
fair valuation on their possess
sions. IN one case the owner of land
will value it at So an acre, while in
another case his next neighbor, who owns
much better land, will value his at only
81 an acre. In suggesting a remedy for
the inequality of taxation Comptroller
General Wright recommends the method
of assessment recently presented by
grand jury of Laurens county. The
method cOntemplates making the Tax
Receiver commissioner Of taxes, with
the power to classify lands according to
his estimate of their value. Three classes
are suggested: First, well improved
lands; second, improved lands; third, I'M
improved lands. The assessments are to
be graded thus: First class, So an acre:
second class, $4 an acre; third class, SO
an acre. or course the assessments
would vary according to the value which
the Commissioner Of Taxes for any given
county might deem just for the lands in
that county.
1t has long been apparent that the
States system of taxation needs remodel
ing There is, perhaps, not a county in
the State in which unfair returns are not
made. The subject has frequently had
the attention of grand juries, but nearly
always without definite effect. In some
instances unfair returns have been recti-
fed, but the result, as far as receipts at
the State Treasury were concerned. has
been almost imperceptible A radical
reform is needed, one that will affect every
county In the State.
The method Assessment recommends
by the grand jury of Laurens county ia
good, but 1t hardly goes far enough. One
should be devised which will not only
prevent unfair returns on land, but
which will insure fair returns upon all
classes Of taxable personal property.
Some attempt to prevent inequality of
taxation was made during the last
session OF the General Assembly. 1t
would be well for the law makers 10 fol-
low up the matter during the summer
session. Nothing is OF more Importance
to the State. Comptroller General Wright
thinks that If property is rightly assessed
the tax rate will be reduced fully one
half, and there Is no reason to doubt the
correctness of mis- estimate.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-04
silence fell over the group.
PICTURES OF THE PRESIDENTS.
Their Wives Portraits Should Hang
Beside Them.
From the Neao York Herald.

From, the Nea0 York Herald.
WASHINGTON. March 3l.-There 1s COM
plete collection of the portraits of the Presi-
dents of the United States in the Presidents
house in Washington up to the present time,
except that of President Cleveland, which
will of course be included. But tn portraits
OF only four ladies, each a Presidents wife
Mrs. John Tyler, Mrs. James r. Polk, Mrs.
X. q. Hayes and Martha Washington-are to
be found there, and it is urged that now
while in the full flush of her youth and beau
tv, the portrait of the present mistress of the
White House should he painted to remain
permanently in that mansion. AS it would
b. comparatively easy now to secure for the
White House good copies of original portraits
of nearly if not all the wives of our Presidents
it seems a pity that an effort Is not made to
have it done.
copy of the portrait of Mrs. Madison. by
stuart. lately unveiled by Mrs. Cleveland at
the Washington City Protestant Orphan
Asylum, could readily be obtained. The
Gouverneur family, granddaughters of Pres
ident Monroe, who live in Washington, have
an excellent portrait of Mrs. Monroe. painted
by celebrated artist while she was In Paris
with her husband when he was United States
Minister there, which could also be copied for
the executive mansion If desired.